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I would be near willing to bet that more of the Capitol Hill events were planned on private Facebook groups, chats, etc than on Parler. Signal is a chat app tha

I would be near willing to bet that more of the Capitol Hill events were planned on private Facebook groups, chats, etc than on Parler. Signal is a chat app that is secure and group chats are big in planning... So are they going to ban Signal? Conspiracy theories are rampant on WeChat and even over text messages.

valuearb 6y ago
You’d likely be wrong. You have to meet your conspirators on public platforms or in public places before you can switch to private communications.
- sigstoat 6y ago
  public platforms like twitter and facebook and whatever for the last X years? conservatives have watched themselves banned piecemeal from these platforms, they know exactly what’s coming. the ones you’re worried about have already got private comms.
- partiallypro 6y ago
  I just said they probably were on private Facebook groups, once you meet there you can branch out to Signal and WeChat, etc. My point is that you don't see calls to ban those apps, but everyone is celebrating Parler's death. I think everyone should be careful what they wish for.
  - Faark 6y ago
    Equating private with public messaging is ridiculous. Not sure how laws are in the US, but when doing support here in germany we had to have private in-game messages reported by a participant before we were even allowed to look at them. The company obviously had a much easier time shaping the atmosphere in the public forum. Also while ensuring those tools can never be used for "evil" is unreasonable, we should expect dominant players to do what they can or at least not do a lot worse than everyone else. Are you arguing Parler tried to moderate as much as others?
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atlgator 6y ago
Agree. Parler's discovery capability was garbage. You had to search for and follow big name people to get anywhere. So if Parler was really the breeding ground for the Capitol siege there'd be a clear smoking gun on who the organizers were. That never surfaced. Meanwhile there are lots of private conservative/Republican groups on Facebook no one wants to talk about.

valuearb 6y ago

You’d likely be wrong. You have to meet your conspirators on public platforms or in public places before you can switch to private communications.

sigstoat 6y ago
public platforms like twitter and facebook and whatever for the last X years? conservatives have watched themselves banned piecemeal from these platforms, they know exactly what’s coming. the ones you’re worried about have already got private comms.
partiallypro 6y ago
I just said they probably were on private Facebook groups, once you meet there you can branch out to Signal and WeChat, etc. My point is that you don't see calls to ban those apps, but everyone is celebrating Parler's death. I think everyone should be careful what they wish for.
- Faark 6y ago
  Equating private with public messaging is ridiculous. Not sure how laws are in the US, but when doing support here in germany we had to have private in-game messages reported by a participant before we were even allowed to look at them. The company obviously had a much easier time shaping the atmosphere in the public forum. Also while ensuring those tools can never be used for "evil" is unreasonable, we should expect dominant players to do what they can or at least not do a lot worse than everyone else. Are you arguing Parler tried to moderate as much as others?

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atlgator 6y ago

Agree. Parler's discovery capability was garbage. You had to search for and follow big name people to get anywhere. So if Parler was really the breeding ground for the Capitol siege there'd be a clear smoking gun on who the organizers were. That never surfaced. Meanwhile there are lots of private conservative/Republican groups on Facebook no one wants to talk about.